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•  Pasteboard: Pasteboard refers to the area outside of the stage where you can place
                    objects that you don't want to be visible in the final output.

                  •  Tools  Panel: The Tools panel contains a set of tools to choose from—such as drawing
                    tools, text tools and selection tools, etc., which are used to create or modify objects as

                    required in the project.
                     The following table represents a snapshot of the tools panel and the respective tools                   INTRODUCTION TO ANIMATE CC
           Prime (Ver. 2.2)-VI  Tool Name  Selects objects on the stage; an object must be selected before it
                    available in Animate CC:
                                                                          Function

                       Selection
                                        can be modified.
                       Sub

                                        selection marquee. Modifies specific anchor points in a line or curve.
                       Selection        Selects objects or parts of objects by dragging a rectangular
                       Free             Moves, scales, rotates, skews, or distorts objects.
          64           Transform

                       Lasso            Selects objects or parts of objects by dragging a free-form
                                        selection marquee.
                       Pen              Draws lines or curves by creating a series of dots that are

                                        automatically connected.
                       Text             Creates and edits text.
                       Line             Draws straight lines (strokes) of varying lengths, widths and colours.
                       Rectangle        Draws rectangles of different sizes and colours. Press and hold

                                        Shift key to draw a perfect square.
                       Oval             Draws oval shapes. Press and hold Shift key to draw a perfect circle.
                       Pencil           Draws freehand lines and shapes.
                       Brush            Draws / paints with brush-like strokes.

                       Ink Bottle       Applies colour, thickness, and styles to lines.
                       Paint Bucket  Fills enclosed areas of a drawing with colour.
                       Eyedropper       Picks up styles of existing lines, fills, and text and applies them to
                                        other objects.

                       Eraser           Erases lines and fills.
                       Hand             Moves the view of the Stage and Work Area.

                       Zoom             Increases or reduces the view of the Stage and Work Area.
                                                              Soft Hint
                    To open a tool: you can also use the shortcut key shown in parentheses in the tool tip
                        that appears when you place the mouse pointer over a tool for a few seconds.
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